When you were first, then obviously, like, when you finally sat down in early 30s to start writing, you know, your first musical, what were some, like, the bigger challenges then? How would you try and, like, develop sort of your thought process? Was it, like, all word development? Was it more meticulous than that? How'd that...

So...

The only way to answer that question is to take you back to why I wrote my first ever song.

Yes.

So I went to Emerson College in Boston for theater.

And then I didn't graduate because I was sort of paying for it myself.

And then I dropped out in my sophomore year.

It's yes and.

it is right there.

I'm super proud of that.

I don't know why.

I never thought I'd write a children's book.

What inspired me? Well, I used to teach, so I've been teaching my whole life.

And I was a musical director and resident composer for Brooklyn Children's Theater, which is...

Big shocker out in Brooklyn.

Yes, I do.